Urns that may contain cremated human remains are found at Newport PATH station in Jersey City

Journal file photoThe Newport PATH station in Jersey City, where police found two urns that contained what may be cremated human remains.

Two urns -- with what may be cremated human remains -- were found on a platform at the Newport PATH station Tuesday night.

The silver urns were found unattended on a landing leading to platform A at the station and reported to Port Authority police, said Justine Karp, a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The P.A. police K-9 unit was then called in, she said.

When the dogs determined that the substance inside the urns was not dangerous, the urns were brought to the Northern Regional Medical Examiner's Office in Newark.

Karp said there has not been a determination on what is inside the urns, but the Cliffview Pilot website is reporting that the urns contain human remains. The website cited sources with knowledge of the investigation.